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Your own personal ticklers
Thipu1:
Years ago the police blotter column in a local paper mentioned the arrest of a man who was acting in a 'lude' manner. I'm sure they meant another spelling but yes, he could have been acting under the influence.
purplemuse:
I like the grammatical ones too.
On a more lowbrow note though, any kind of humor involving false teeth will generally crack me up.
Also, the old Burma Shave ads they used to have along roadsides (even though I've never actually seen them), and any parodies.
Hollanda:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/06/scrabble-champion-2011-wayne-kelly
"UK Scrabble King Celebrates With Night On Tiles"
Too much info!!!
Mental Magpie:
--- Quote from: Slartibartfast on January 27, 2012, 12:04:26 PM ---Grammar and unintentional double-meanings, mostly. Things like this:
(No really, you do need commas!)
and this recent headline "Mistress of Doctor Who Was Stabbed to Death Testifies at Widow's Trial" - I'm guessing the editor who wrote the headline wasn't a Doctor Who fan. Those of us who love Doctor Who process that syntax differently :P
--- End quote ---
"Do you want to eat, John?"
OR
"Do you want to eat John?"
Commas save lives, you know...
Thipu1:
I may have posted this before but there was one in the museum that tickled me.
HR issued a new employee handbook of procedures and rules. That was fine but they called it the 'Employee Workbook' although it didn't include a single exercise.
People asked about the title. All were told that the publication was called a 'Workbook' because it dealt with issues at work. :-\
This is the same HR department that referred to the period from July 1 through June 31 (sic) as the 'physical year'.
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